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Former House of Representatives member, Eseme Eyiboh, loses $1.362m, N46.5m to fraudsters

The Special Fraud Unit SFU of the Nigerian Police Force, on Monday January 8th re -arraigned four men before a Federal High Court, in Lagos, by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), of the Nigerian Police force for allegedly obtaining the sum of $1.362 million and N46. 533 million under false pretence, from a former House of Representative member, Eseme Eyiboh, PM News reports.
The four men arraigned before the court are Izekor Osatohanmwen Ogiemonyi, alias, Prince Joshua Akenzua: Stephen Victor, alias James Ajayi: Bolade Babatunde, alias Honourable Lawal Adewunmi, and Alhaji Jimoh Saka, alias Tola Ajayi.
In a criminal charge number FHC/L/435c/2017, filed before the court by Police Prosecuting counsel, E. A.Jackson, the accused persons and others now at large, had between June 2016 and August 2017, at Jatoz Royal Hotel, Osolo Way, Ajao Estate, Lagos, allegedly conspired among themselves, and presented themselves to the former lawmaker as accredited representatives of International Foreign Exchange Monitoring Agency/Bureau, in Nigeria.
Thereafter ,they fraudulently collected the sum of $1.362 million in three tranches of $1.230 million, $20, 000, and $112, 000, and the sum of N46, 533 million, from the former lawmaker with the pretence that they can use the position to deliver vehicles and industrial machines at affordable and official exchange rates.
It was also alleged that the fourth accused persons, Alhaji Jimoh Saka, alias, Peter Ajayi, supplied others accused with the bank accounts domiciled in First Bank, Diamond Bank, and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) into which the sum of N46. 533 million was paid in by Eyiboh, and later handed over the money to other accused persons.
The offences alleged to have been committed by the accused persons are contrary to Sections 8(a), 1(1)(a) and 8(9), and punishable under Sections 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, No.14 of 2006.
All the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following their plea of not guilty, their lawyers pleaded with the court to admit their clients to bail in the most liberal terms.
In response to their bail applications, the prosecutor, CSP Jackson, urged the court not to grant the bail application. The presiding judge, Justice Muslim Hassan, adjourned the matter till January 19th for ruling on the bail application, while fixing February 19, 2017 for the commencement of trial.
The judge however ordered that the four accused persons be remanded in prisons custody, pending determination of their bail application.

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